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lgsoccerfan07
Lake George
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 Posted - Jul 28 2010 : 11:38:22 PM
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someone has to start a post.
Adirondack league West
1 LG - always has at least a competivie squad, strong youth program, with many underclassman playing 2 or 3 seasons a year. Lost a bunch of good seniors, but have many talented underclassman(many of which are sophmores who lack varsity experience). Also I'm biased.
2 Corinth - always has good athletes, they will rebound this year and be competitive
3 Hadley-Luzurne - also lost some strong seniors including evan hala (GK) and Frinton kid (think thats his name). They will still be contenders though.
4 North Warren - Lost some good players, and not much depth, no JV team - just modified
5 Warrensburg - sorry, but they just don't have the player numbers at the youth level to support a program - i feel bad for them. keep trying if you love the game!
Adk East
1 Hartford - They have a good core of kids who play year round. They will beat Fort Anne this year
2-3 Fort Ann/Argyle - both squads lost many players. argyle are good competitors and hungry. Ft. Ann is both hated and feared by everyone in Adk. Their Mystique will dwindle some this year. Coach McCabe will do whatever it takes to win. They have perfected the boot and run game, however, most of the other teams have been trying to play a possesion game. skill levels keep getting better in the ADK, and the boot and run game may be fading.
4-5 Bolton/Salem - Unfortunately, bolton lost a lot and wont be able to reload. Fransisco is a great coach, but will have his work cut out for him to put out a side as good as last year. Salem may be a wild card, they have some good athletes and One of the top strikers in the league. They are always good sports on the soccer field too (consensus from LG team for the last couple of years).
final
LG over Hartford,
I said I was biased
sorry for the long post.
Lets hope for a great season this year!
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zoooooooooolander
5 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2010 : 4:08:17 PM
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| ^i agree |
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lgsoccerfan07
Lake George
6 Posts |
Posted - Aug 09 2010 : 12:48:18 PM
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| Come on ADK fans! Where are the posts? Too early before the season for most of the fans, i guess. Too busy with tourists, boating, cows, corn, stocking up on firewood and getting ready for huntin' season. September cannot come soon enough! |
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NwStriker7
North Warren
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Posted - Aug 17 2010 : 1:14:23 PM
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North Warren only lost 2 players, a defender and a midfeilder. Yes we had no JV last year, but will have 8 or 9 seniors playing along with some talented juniors, a few that didn't play last year. The team should have a pretty strong starting lineup, with the only downside being depth in the bench that could hurt in the long run.
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cpallmighty
Hartford
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Posted - Aug 20 2010 : 12:48:38 PM
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| i believe that us (hartford) fort ann and lake george will be the 3 toughest teams in the league. mitchell jordan will surely keep bolton in a lot of games but i believe that they have lost too much since last year to be contenders for first in the league this year. |
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northsoccerfan
8 Posts |
Posted - Aug 21 2010 : 2:45:15 PM
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Adirondack West
1. Lake George- Most talented team in the league in all areas of the game with the best coach. Play the game the way it should be played. Will need new back line to come together. Might be only weakness.
2. Corinth- 4-2 at dome this summer. Different Corinth team than usual. Played teams tough with a possesion game. Switch to a 4-4-2 will held them. Might surprise some teams this year.
3. North Warren- Solid group of returning Seniors will make North Warren a better team than people think. Will battle with Corinth for 2nd in the West.
4. Hadley-Luzerne- 0-6 this summer at Dome league. Rebuilding year for Eagles. Just lost to many weapons from last year to replace.
5. Warrensburg- Another long fall for the Burgers.
Adirondack East
1.Hartford- Like Lake George, talented and loaded, and play the game the right way. Their time to shine. Also, like Lake George, possible weakness will be the back line.
2.Argyle- Solid young team last year with almost all their best returning. Could give Hartford a run for the money.
3. Ft. Ann- less talented in pure soccer ability than many other teams in the league, but make up for it in hustle and grit. Catches up to them this year. If they resort to dirty play in order to win, red cards not yellow need to be given to stop it. Need refs in Section 2 to have the guts to call it as they see it, but they don't.
4. Bolton- looked weak in summer league. Have great coach but lost pretty much everybody but their great goal keeper. He will win some games for them but he can't score goals. They need a striker to step up just to finish .500.
5. Salem- also lost alot of talented seniors. Have a great striker, but he will be covered so tight he'll have a tougher time than last year.
Final: Hartford over Lake George in tough Championship game. |
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NwStriker7
North Warren
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Posted - Aug 22 2010 : 12:11:04 PM
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I agree ^. I played summer league at the dome on the glens falls team. Hartford had a pretty good team and should do well this year. We lost to ft ann but i'm pretty sure it was on an own goal, and they didn't show much skill, but were very fast and physical like always. We didn't play Corinth but they seem to be playing very good soccer this year. The ADK should be overall a pretty competetive league this year...season starts tomorrow :]
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ADK
12 Posts |
Posted - Aug 22 2010 : 7:23:34 PM
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| Just curious northsoccer, what "solid" seniors are returning for north warren besides griffen and greg dower? None that i can think of...but i agree 100% about fort ann and the refs in the ADK. As a player last season, i remember only 2 yellow cards given the ENTIRE season! If any of these refs watched the World Cup (or any other professional football for that matter), they would notice that there are on average 3 yellow cards PER GAME. The cheap fouls take away from the game and even injure players. It's getting a bit out of control.. |
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NwStriker7
North Warren
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Posted - Aug 23 2010 : 11:04:27 PM
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I know you're not asking me ADK, but for returning seniors we have Joe Aiken, he's big, strong and has a powerful shot, Bryan Beckler is a tall kid who's great with his head and wins many 50/50 balls, and Thomas Pereau was (I think) our leading scorer last year, and he's only getting better. Zack Hill and Tim Hanaburg will be the seniors on D for us this year, and are both very fast and strong. Those are the "solid" seniors returning along with me and Garth :]
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NwStriker7
North Warren
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Posted - Aug 24 2010 : 3:41:23 PM
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haha no prob ADK, have we played together?
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ADK
12 Posts |
Posted - Aug 24 2010 : 10:26:00 PM
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| I HAVE played with, and against you. |
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NwStriker7
North Warren
25 Posts |
Posted - Aug 25 2010 : 11:19:47 AM
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ohhhh boyy..who could it be!
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soccer101
7 Posts |
Posted - Aug 26 2010 : 2:11:59 PM
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| good luck to all, hope to have a great season |
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NwStriker7
North Warren
25 Posts |
Posted - Aug 26 2010 : 9:30:42 PM
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I can already tell it's going to be a good one :]
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northsoccerfan
8 Posts |
Posted - Aug 28 2010 : 08:12:39 AM
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| I think the East is still stronger than the West. The only thing different this year from last year is Hadley-Luzerne and Corinth switch spots, and Argyle and Bolton switch spots. In the East, Hartford, Ft. Ann and Argyle and Lake George in the West will win alot more than North Warren, Corinth, and Bolton. Even though Corinth and North Warren will fight for second in the West, I think they will only be around .500 or slighty above or below that. Lake George will easily win the West, Hartford should win the East but it will be a battle to the end. |
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socccer07
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Posted - Aug 30 2010 : 09:16:00 AM
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| People are seriously underestimating Bolton. If I remember correctly people doubted them when they first entered the ADK league and they shocked everyone by getting to the section 2 finals. Francisco Roca is a great coach who will always have his squad prepared and focused. Bolton did lose a lot of seniors, but their defense is still looking solid with Mitchell Jordon in goal. |
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TheHill10
Maple Hill
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Posted - Sep 02 2010 : 12:58:10 AM
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hadley is horrible, i dont understand how they are going to get a win this year the way they played greenwich today, i drove up to see greenwich and just had to say 9-1 is not a good score, gonna be a rough year out there for the lakers
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Futbol
Hartford
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Posted - Sep 02 2010 : 9:23:02 PM
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Originally posted by TheHill10
hadley is horrible, i dont understand how they are going to get a win this year the way they played greenwich today, i drove up to see greenwich and just had to say 9-1 is not a good score, gonna be a rough year out there for the lakers
Did Hadley claim to be good? I don't think they did, so why bash them? |
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ADK FAn
Fort Ann
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Posted - Sep 02 2010 : 10:48:38 PM
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i dont unerstand how everyone is talkingg so up about the hartford team when it is really the same team as last year minus some key players such as trevor holcomb and james sipowicz. i dont recall how many times they beat fort ann or bolton last year?
oh yeah they didntt. fort ann lost 1 player jeremy hoag who had been easily replaced by james shevy who scored 7 goals in fort anns first schrimage. Fort ann was the league champions last year and i think they lost the least amount of "KEY" players. they can only get better from here.. all the talkk means nothing unless all of these teams can back it up when the time comes |
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BluePower
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Posted - Sep 03 2010 : 07:32:13 AM
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[quote]Originally posted by TheHill10
hadley is horrible, i dont understand how they are going to get a win this year the way they played greenwich today, i drove up to see greenwich and just had to say 9-1 is not a good score, gonna be a rough year out there for the lakers
Be careful with passing judgement based on scrimmages. A lot of teams are missing players due to work or injuries or the coaches are playing the entire roster. Hadley has a large roster with younger players (no JV this year) and the coach probably played everybody. Lake George did the same with Schylerville. Bolton played LC a few days ago and they were missing 4 or 5 players. They are just scrimmages and the final score does not matter. |
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hartfordstryker29
Hartford
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Posted - Sep 03 2010 : 3:41:49 PM
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ADK FAn fort ann is a bunch of lazy players who play boom ball. Hartford on the other hand has players who actually know how to play the game the way it is supposed to be played so they will win.
p.s. learn how to spell |
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predictions for 2010
